Tichy

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by Tichy 13y ago
I don't think anybody advocates bullying, or that nobody should ever check up on kids. If they get into bullying, that is a problem and should be adressed. I don't agree that fighting games in general lead to bullying, though.
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by Tichy 13y ago
True, but what puzzles me is that few people seem to object to that state of affairs. Maybe it is just that TV is that good at soothing emotions, or people are already used to being worker drones from their childhood?
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by Tichy 13y ago
I think it is generally agreed that monogamy drives people insane.
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by Tichy 13y ago
The problem is not kids hovering over their iPads. I was pestered by parents to go outside instead of playing computer games all the time (in the 80ies). But I know how important computer games where to me, so I'll fight to allow my ki
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by Tichy 13y ago
I think your judgement is a bit biased here. Just because you experienced such things doesn't mean everybody else experienced such things. There are plenty of things kids enjoy other than bullying other kids, so why do you assume all k
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by Tichy 13y ago
I've got an idea how to pick a color for the bike shed: match the color of my iPhone 5c. Thank you, Apple, for resolving that problem once and for all.
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by Tichy 13y ago
Running a business costs money? I am very disappointed.
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by Tichy 13y ago
A lot of epidemic diseases that plague us come from animal farming. Ever wondered why diseases have names like "chicken pox" or "pig flu"? That effect might even have helped in conquering the Americas, because the conque
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by Tichy 13y ago
Is the problem really hospitals, or is it industrial animal farming? Because I suspect it is mostly the latter. It is of course more convenient to rant against sick people than to give up the daily junk food burger.
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by Tichy 13y ago
I would have thought banks prefer to lend money for buying houses because they get the house as a security (if the lender can't pay up, the bank gets the house). Presumably the notion that houses are relatively stable investments lies
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by Tichy 13y ago
When I was a kid (in the 80ies) electronic music from synthesizers was booming. I already felt that becoming really proficient on a musical instrument was a waste of time, because computers would be able to do better. Same for drawing and p
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by Tichy 13y ago
I don't think I ever watched porn while chatting to someone, but occasionally I have been reading Hacker News while talking on the phone. Maybe that counts, too.
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by Tichy 13y ago
JavaScript is rather minimalist as well. It has some warts, but they are easy to avoid.
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by Tichy 13y ago
What if JS is the best tool for the job?
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by Tichy 13y ago
I'd prefer the other way round. JavaScript is better than most popular programming languages (including Python). It is not perfect, so I consent there might better languages out there.
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by Tichy 13y ago
No idea why athletics is bundled with colleges, but I would guess those expenses count as advertising?
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by Tichy 13y ago
Your proof that this doesn't happen is that you never think about it. I often think about it, I guess that is proof that it happens...
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by Tichy 13y ago
You'd want to do extended browsing on another device precisely because the iPhone is too small. Your mind is stuck in "faster horses" land and you can't imagine what use you could get out of a better phone :-)
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by Tichy 13y ago
By that logic, Apple should have never published the iPad because it is too big to hold in a human hand. Carrying bigger phones in a pocket isn't really an issue either.
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by Tichy 13y ago
Can't believe they didn't make bigger screens. iPhones seem so tiny these days. Also, just 33 votes on HN atm - made me realize that probasbly people are already using HN votes as input for their stock trading aslgorithms :-)
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by Tichy 13y ago
I was responding to a comment, not the article. Perhaps you should read the comment before judging my reply. As for the article here, I am not yet convinced her ordeal was really as bad as the mum-with-an-agenda writer describes it. Impossi
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by Tichy 13y ago
That's just dumb. The real problem is managing resources, which includes your health and energy. If you somehow can make yourself fit enough to work 100h, fine. But it is not just a matter of willpower. Not in the long run anyway.
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by Tichy 13y ago
Just because not every subject has gender parity does not imply that there is an issue.
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by Tichy 13y ago
You know how it feels if people dissociate from you in high school becasuse you seem nerdy? It's such a joke that feminists now try to turn that on the head and claim those nerds prevented them from programming for sexist reasons. No,
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by Tichy 13y ago
Are geeks very likely to attend a Visual Basic class at school? I somehow doubt it. Also "sudo make me a sandwhich" isn't necessessarily that hostile. Having a an overzealous mum who blows things widely out of proportions cou
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by Tichy 13y ago
Sure, but care about the right things, and not construct a gednder issue where thete isn't one. Do you think gender issues are the most important problem schools are facing?
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by Tichy 13y ago
"We have to do something! This is something. Therefore we must do it."
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by Tichy 13y ago
Do you know why ecvonomic development leads to dropping birth rates? Is thast really a law of nature? And what if economic development doesdn-'t keep up?
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by Tichy 13y ago
Seriously, you can get fired for making the sandwhich joke? Sorry, but the US is really fucked up.
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by Tichy 13y ago
Only girls have a bad time at schools. For boys it is just fun and games all the time. They also never target jokes at each other. Imagine if there hadn't been a girl in that class. Who would those boys have directed jokes at? It would

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